Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-09-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE PLY on YOUNG TURNIPs.

THE PLY ON YOUNG TURNIPs.
II Whereve' young turnips are sown
the ground should be kept loose by
frequent stirring with the hoe. This
not only keeps down weeds, but de.
stroys the fly that eats the tender
leaves. It is the dust that fills its
breathing holes and thus suffocates it.
In wet time, when there is no dust,
lime. gypsum or wood ashes answer
the same purpose.
| SWEET CoRNsTALKs.
| As fast as green sweet corn is picked
tho stalks should be given to cows
They are sweeter than those of ordina-
ry corn. and with the ears make very
rich feed. They pay to grow for this
purpose alone, and many farmers sow
sweet corn for soiling. claiming that
is greater, sweetness makes up for
deficiency In quantity as compared
with the larger kinds.
INSECT POWDER FOR CHICKENS.
The mortality among young chickens
in hot weather is chiefly due to lice. A
very little insect powder busted among
the feathers on neck. head. back and
side will kill all vcrmin. The chicken
after the operation shakes itself thor
oughly, thus busting its entire body.
Lice at this season leave old fowls for
the tender chicks, which they soon kill
If left alone.
DRIVING AWAY POTATO BUGS.
The strong odor of gas tar mixed
with water is repcllent to potato bugs.
BY many farmers this is preferred to
Paris green as being safer to handle.
II is not certain how this works. 1t
does not kill the bugs, for none are
found dead under the vines. 1t is quite
likely that it DISCUSSES the potato so
that the beetle does not recognize it as
the natural food of its offspring.
SIDE HILLS OUTLYING WITH RAINS.
Long cultivated fields gully badly in
Summer rains. The soil is less porous
and does not sink down as it used to do
when the country was new If sod is
plowcd straight up and down the hill
water from each rain will sink under
the furrow where it fell and be carried
down. II plowed across the natural
fall, the burrows dam up the water I'm
ill it gets force enough to break
through. This causes most of the
gullcs.
PIGS ROOFING IN ORCHARDS.
Young pigs should generally be left
unringcd. What roofing they will do
will be more beneficial than otherwise.
Old hogs sometimes develop a tast for
the bark of apple roots and may do
damage. They VIII almost certainly
injure the trees by throwing up hog
wallows, alternating with ridges, COW
ering some roots too deeply and leav-
ing some exposed to freezing or to be
drenched by water setting in the hol-
lows,
THINNING GRAPES.
Some varieties Of short 10 nted grape
vines are especially liable to overbear.
The Delaware is one of these. 1t will
set three and even four punches on
each of its closely clustered branches
of the current years growth. All ex-
cept two should be taken off, and if the
vine seems feeble, one bunch to shoot
may be all that will ripen. If allowed
to overbear. the Delaware, excellent as
it is when perfect, will mildew and re-
fuse to ripen.
sTUNTED PIGS.
In any other animal than a pig
deficiency in growth may be COM
pensated by excellence in some other
direction. We notice that small re
does not detract from the price of
Jersey cows. But a pig is built for
making meat cheaply, and if he fails in
this. his value is little or nothing.
There are large and small breeds of
hogs, but the small breed mature quick
ly and are easily fattened, thus making
them preferable to the so called larger
breeds of slower growth.
WAR PRICES OF COTTON.
The last year of the war. cotton sold
at seventy-Seven cents a pound, but
soon after rapidly declined. Its price
OF late years has averaged lower than
during slavery times. and planters say
it is grown as cheaply now as before
the war. During the high prices.
while the Southern supply was cut of.
England did all she could to encourage
cotton growing in India and in Egypt
But the product was so inferior that
the supremacy of American cotton is
again assured. We can grow good
cotton more cheaply than any other
country.
EARLY AND LATE POTATOES.
Early potatoes have generally short
CT season of growth than the late varie-
ties. They mature during hot wealth
er, and r;pen so rapidly that the yield
is diminished. Unless sold very early,
they are less profitable than late pota-
toes which yield enough more to often
make up for the difference in price.
But there is one way in which early
potatoes not sold during the high prc-
es of July can he turned to profitable
account There is scarcely a season
when early potatoes properly cared
for will not bring an extra price for
seed in planting-time next Spring. Ear
ly potatoes well preserved usually
bring fancy prices then.
THE TWENTY OUNCE APPLE.
Who're we'll known. no apple is
greater favorite of the housewife than
the twenty-ounce. 1t is always fair,
large and a good bearer. 1t has, be-
sides, just the flavor to make good pies,
and i: is very handy TO have one or two
trees near the house to come into use
after the early harvest apples have
gone. The twenty ounce is better
grated on another stock than on its